In one letter Paul K. writes: >Why not use Java to add GUIs for these tasks to Emacs. Again, I think the >opposition Emacs versus IDE is more perception than reality.
In another letter Paul K. writes: >I think what you are suggesting is impractical. I don't see how you >can provide a robust and efficient extension framework that runs in a >separate process from Emacs itself. Interprocess communications >and synchronization pose very great, perhaps insurmountable >difficulties for such a framework. I don't quite understand what you mean. Are you saying that it is a good idea to do _GUI_ development for Emacs in Java, but it is a bad idea to do much generic development for Emacs in Java? Or are you saying that any type (i.e., not just GUI) and a large amount of Java development is certainly a possibility but you don't support the notion of Java APIs for Emacs and consider a better solution the use of the beanshell? Regards, Daniel _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
